Friends shape our lives. They bring joy, laughter, and sometimes, heartache. In our journey, some friends stay, while others leave. This ebb and flow is part of life.
Quotes about friends coming and going capture these moments. They offer comfort and insight. They remind us of the beauty in every friendship, whether it lasts a season or a lifetime. Let’s explore the best quotes that reflect these bittersweet truths.
Friendship Farewell Quotes
“Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say, ‘See you soon.'” – Unknown
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
“A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.” – Unknown
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn
“Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” – Trey Parker
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
“Life moves on, but memories don’t. You may have left my life, but you will never leave my heart.” – Unknown
“We were together. I forget the rest.” – Walt Whitman
“Though miles may lie between us, we’re never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count the miles, it’s measured by the heart.” – Unknown
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Farewell, my friend, till we meet again; farewells are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi
“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” – E.B. White
“Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.” – Unknown
“True friends are like stars; you don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” – Winnie The Pooh
“Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott
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Seasonal Friendship Quotes
- “Some friends are like seasonal flowers, they bloom just for a while and bring color to your life before they fade away.” – Unknown
“Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more memories.” – Patrick Lindsay
“Winter days are cold, but friendships can bring warmth to your soul.” – Emily Brontë
“In our autumn days, we often find the leaves of friendships drifting away.” – Charlotte Brontë
“Spring breathes new life into the world, just as new friends bring fresh joy into our lives.” – Unknown
“Summer friendships are like the ocean waves; they come and go but leave behind seashells of memories.” – Unknown
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.” – Jean de La Fontaine
“People come and go in your life, but the right ones will always stay.” – Unknown
“Friends are like autumn leaves, a few may fall but others will always stick around.” – Unknown
“True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.” – Unknown
“Just like the changing seasons, friends come and go, but the memories of them stay forever.” – Unknown
“We meet seasonal friends, not by chance, but because we need them at that time in our lives.” – Unknown
“The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
“Some friends leave footprints on your heart, while others just pass by.” – Unknown
“Friendships are like gardens; they go through seasons but each season has its own beauty.” – Unknown
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
“Every friend we have is a new world we are yet to explore.” – Unknown
“Some friends may drift apart, but they leave behind cherished memories.” – Unknown
“In the garden of the heart, friends are the blooming flowers.” – Unknown
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Friends are like the stars in the sky. They may not always be seen, but they are always there.” – Unknown
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” – Marlene Dietrich
“True friends never leave, they only make their presence felt in new ways.” – Unknown
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” – Unknown
“Some friends come into your life for a reason, others only for a season.” – Unknown
“Best friends understand when you say you forgot; wait forever when you say just a minute; stay when you say leave me alone; and open the door even before you say come in.” – Unknown
“Some friendships are ephemeral like summer rain, refreshing yet temporary.” – Unknown
Life Changes Quotes About Friends
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” – Edna Buchanan
“As people grow up, they realize it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.” – Laguna Beach
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.” – Anna Taylor
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“Some friends come into your life for a reason, others only for a season.” – Michelle Settler
“The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” – Mary Shelley
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“No friendship is an accident.” – O. Henry
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Christy Evans
“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.” – Jean de La Fontaine
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“The friends who met here and then went their separate ways are the ones who gave their magic before they disappeared.” – Anonymous
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” – Laurence J. Peter
“There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” – Dodinsky
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Some souls just understand each other upon meeting.” – N.R. Hart
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.” – Richard Bach
“Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Some friends are like a season, they come and go. But the ones who stay are meant to be part of your destiny.” – Anonymous
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
Quotes on Letting Go of Friends
“Some people are meant to stay in your heart, not in your life.” — Unknown
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” — Christy Evans
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley
“You have to let people go. Everyone who’s in your life is meant to be in your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay till the end.” — Unknown
“Moving on is a simple thing; what it leaves behind is hard.” — Dave Mustaine
“We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.” — Vera Lynn
“Some friends are like leaves, they just fall away when the season changes.” — Unknown
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Helen Keller
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” — Flavia Weedn
“You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.” — Nina Simone
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are part of your history, but not part of your destiny.” — Steve Maraboli
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Semisonic, “Closing Time”
“One of the hardest decisions you’ll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Just because a friendship changes doesn’t mean we have to lose it altogether. Sometimes we need to adjust our expectations and accept a new normal.” — Unknown
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“It’s okay to miss the friends who were once by your side, but don’t forget to cherish those who are still with you.” — Original Quote
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea.” — C. JoyBell C.
“It takes both sides to build a bridge.” — Fredrik Nael
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Hermann Hesse
“Sometimes the only way to hold on is to let go.” — Unknown
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
“We do not lose friends when they drift away; we only lose the illusion that their friendship was meant to last forever.” — Original Quote
“Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation.” — Tennessee Williams
“When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.” — Paulo Coelho
“There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real.” — Gabriel García Márquez
“Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping and who is worth letting go.” — Lana Del Rey
“Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest; it’s about who came and never left your side.” — Unknown
“You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go.” — Drew Gerald
“Painful as it may be, a significant relationship can never really end if you’ve left your mark on their heart.” — Original Quote
Lessons from Friendship Quotes
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
“Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long-lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” – Henry David Thoreau
“A friendship that can end never really began.” – Publilius Syrus
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” – Anaïs Nin
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” – Samuel Butler
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“True friendship isn’t about being inseparable, it’s being separated and nothing changes.” – Unknown
“A true friend is someone who is there for you when they’d rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” – Mark Twain
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
“Friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
“Friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Good friends are like stars; you don’t always see them but you know they’re always there.” – Christy Evans
“Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more memories.” – Patrick Lindsay
New Beginnings Friendship Quotes
“Every new friend is a new adventure…the start of more memories.” – Patrick Lindsay
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” – Salman Rushdie
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” – Dale Carnegie
“We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. – A.A. Milne
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Helen Keller
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.” – Anna Taylor
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” – Maya Angelou
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” – Tennessee Williams
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be. Life goes on.” – Unknown
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“Some souls just understand each other upon meeting.” – N.R. Hart
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.” – Epicurus
“New friends are silver, but old friends are gold.” – Proverb
“Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest… it’s about who came, and never left your side.” – Yolanda Hadid
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a friendship of a thousand stories begins with a single hello.” – Unknown
“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Christy Evans
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“No friendship is an accident.” – O. Henry
“Friendship is the wine of life.” – Edward Young
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
Summing Up
Quotes about friends coming and going remind us of the ever-changing nature of relationships. They teach us the value of connections, even if they are only for a season. Reflecting on these quotes helps us appreciate the good times and learn from the not-so-good times.
Everyone experiences friendships that end or fade away. It’s a part of life. These quotes provide comfort and wisdom, showing that it’s okay to let some friendships go. They also highlight the importance of cherishing the friends who stay. Whether you’re looking for solace, inspiration, or simply a new perspective, these quotes have something to offer.
